Talk:Diamond Princess (ship)

619 or 634
619 or 634?????? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:DE:6F2B:9700:993C:62E7:FF6C:4088 (talk) 10:35, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

"It" versus "She"
An editor changed the article today to use "she" rather than "it" when referring to the ship. No edit summary was provided with the edit. I reverted that edit because I believe that should not be done without discussion. My understanding, per MOS archive 217, is that either form is allowed. Personally, I prefer "it". —BarrelProof (talk) 19:20, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
 * See WP:SHE4SHIPS. The convention is that the use must be consistent and should not be changed just due to personal preference. I have reverted you Lyndaship (talk) 19:27, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
 * OK. Since some reasonable rationale has been provided, I will consider the matter settled unless there is some further development. —BarrelProof (talk) 19:35, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, that does not seem to have settled it, per this "grammar correction" edit of 19:06, 10 March 2020 (UTC). —BarrelProof (talk) 01:48, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
 * a ping to that editor to suggest joining the conversation. —BarrelProof (talk) 01:51, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
 * a ping to another editor to suggestion joining the conversation, in view of this additional edit with the edit summary "replaced 'she' with 'it. —BarrelProof (talk) 13:05, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

The guideline was confirmed recently see Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/Archive_217 Lyndaship (talk) 13:19, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 April 2020
it has been updated on 2020 coronavirus pandemic on cruise ships and not including this article. pls update the deaths is now 12. 134.249.159.83 (talk) 09:49, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅. Dfdooger (talk) 01:46, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

What is the Diamond Princess known for?
Fairly obviously, the answer is the fiasco of the mass COVID-19 infections and the resultant deaths. This fact simply *must* be reflected in para 1 of the lede. Not to do so, but to have excruciating stuff about which sub-class of ship it falls into there in para. 1 in its stead is almost beyond belief. Boscaswell  talk  03:34, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

Eleven deaths not Twelve
The article says "twelve" have died, twice on the page, however all sources I have seen included referenced ones on the article indicate 11 have died. The linked reference https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/newpage_10599.html indicates 11 (although this is in Japanese which I do not speak). Also Worldometers page shows 11 dead: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

The page should be updated to indicate eleven have died, unless a reference can be found indicating twelve. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paulg222 (talk • contribs) 13:04, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 April 2020
pls update the lead and the section 2020 COVID-19 that: 14 people now died (13th death source was also here ) 49.149.111.53 (talk) 00:09, 16 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Yellow check.svg Partly done: Added cites for number of infected (from CNBC) and number of dead (from the first source given above). The second source does not appear to support a 14th death and there may be some double-counting going on. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 19:29, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

Malaysia
Has the ship already arrived in malaysia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:E6:1F07:D01:BC6C:2E6F:AB4E:7576 (talk) 07:11, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
 * It appears to be in Manila Bay now. Not sure how long we want to keep updating its current location. If anyone does update the location, please give a date, as it will obviously keep changing. GA-RT-22 (talk) 03:33, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

Reference incorrect
Can't edit but Reference 40 should direct to article 8243027 i.e. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8243027/. The current reference directs to an article on alcohol in Russia.

9 or 14 deaths? The article contradicts itself.
The article intro says there were nine deaths ("by mid-April 2020 nine had died"), but the "coronavirus" section says there were 14 deaths ("As of 14 April, fourteen of those who were on board had died from the disease"). If sources are contradictory, shouldn't it be mentioned both in the intro and the coronavirus section? I can't edit the article, I don't know why, so I can't improve the article myself. Can someone look into this issue? Thanks. 85.169.195.108 (talk) 20:59, 18 December 2021 (UTC)